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The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has given its approval to the power purchase agreement (PPA) signed between Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) and Accord Hydroair (Pikhuwa) Private Limited. The PPA was signed...

The Thanjavur Municipal Corporation (TMC) is inducting green e-vehicles that is powered by batteries for solid waste management. This historic town will have as many as 30 such vehicles for garbage collection from houses. Each vehicle can reportedly...

Under the Smart City project, the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) is all set to have LED lights fixed in 60 wards replacing the old ones. Once the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is lifted, work in this direction will begin.A sum of Rs 74...

In a major development in the Smart Cities Mission, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is planning to launch a web portal with details of its smart city projects. This initiative can be replicated by other civic agencies as well. The initiative...

Activator Plan: Find who needs to be at the tableMapping the ecosystem. Activator Plan also has tools for discovering and mapping the stakeholder ecosystem. Many smart city projects suffer because the city does not realize the full range of...

Scheduled for release in mid-2020, Activator Finance will be a fresher, faster approach to smart city financing. Using data already generated via Activator's Discover, Plan, and Exchange functions, cities will have the option to get...

Activator Exchange: Share insights and advice with other cities (as of September, 2019)Activator also allows for peer-to-peer knowledge exchange. This has been one of the most requested features from cities around the world, Activator Exchange...

Before a city can successfully plan a smart city project, it must gather key information, including:Customer needs and use cases - What do internal departments need most? What do citizens want most? Which challenges are most pressing? Which...

In using Smart Cities Activator, we have discovered several practices that will make accelerate improved outcomes.First - this is a living, interactive decision making tool from which you can constantly learn.Smart Cities Activator offers a new...

Collaborative online planning for multi-stakeholder projects Smart Cities Activator is an online platform that helps cities plan and deploy smart projects. It provides a way to find and contact colleagues at other cities who are working on...

Green belts are present not only for the purpose of protecting sensitive areas to maintain ecological balance, but are also be found in urban areas so as to act as a sink for the harmful gases released by industries operating in the area. Keeping...

Karimnagar, which has gained national-level recognition having been given smart city status, is likely to add another feather to its cap. The State government is considering upgradation of Karimnagar Municipal Corporation into Greater Karimnagar...

Nowadays, schools are turning to technology to help them save money. As many as 13 government schools under Mangaluru City Corporation will turn smart under Smart Mangaluru Project. These schools together will be funded with Rs 16 crore in two...

Solid-waste management has become an important issue in India, and it needs to be resolved through an integrated community, private-sector, and policy-based approach. Roorkee, which was named the cleanest city of Uttarakhand in this year’s Swachh...

The Master Plan 2035 is the third statutory planning exercise carried out for Srinagar city so far. However; the question remains as to how much has been achieved on ground vis-à-vis the master plan targets during the plan period of more than four...

This past weekend has seen a Scott Morrison-led Liberal-National Coalition returned to Government. Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand (SCCANZ) congratulates Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Coalition, and in our role as the peak...

Data shows, the police in India take a minimum of 8-10 hours to track the path of the criminal. To keep a watch on criminal activities, the Pune Police has connected and geo-tagged 10,000 private CCTV cameras in the city to their system to improve...

In many cities, one of the biggest sources of water waste is the city’s own water infrastructure. Aging infrastructure is often leaky infrastructure — an especially expensive problem since the water that’s lost is water that the city has already...